A well-intentioned acquaintance recently gave me a piece of (unsolicited) advice when I was inquiring about something I wanted to try. “You just need to get out of your comfort zone!” she encouraged. “Huh”, I silently seethed, “my entire life is out of my comfort zone…” I just smiled. Truth is I haven’t been comfortable…
There are the things in life we are certain of – that are inarguably true. I am the mother of two children. I own a house. I have two dogs.My husband is dead. Then there are the things that we know, but cannot explain. I always knew, for example, that Chris and I would not…
My 2022 resolutions were to recover and seek joy, and I’m doing fairly well. On average, however, I still have a “down” day about once a week. A day that I either have zero motivation to get off the couch, or a really high water table and I’m just weepy. To be expected as the…
How do you figure out who you are after the war? You see this happen all the time when people are older and their kids go off to college, but I think the identity crisis starts much sooner than that. Most women transition fine, but there are certainly those who appear lost for a while.
They had done all they could do to prepare. The storm was what it was. There was no changing it, and stressing about it certainly wasn’t going to help anyone. If there was clean up to be done the next morning, it would be dealt with at that time.